This British Standard specifies requirements for the design, fabrication and performance of steel-framed windows and glazed doors.
It is applicable to windows and doors fabricated into frames in a factory from mild steel profiles, hot-rolled or cold-formed, installed vertically into the external face of buildings, as single or multi-light units, in coupled assemblies when appropriate, of the following types:
a) fixed light;
b) side-hung open out or in;
c) top-hung;
d) bottom-hung;
e) horizontal pivot;
f) vertical pivot;
g) single-leaf hinged or pivoting door;
h) double-leaf hinged or pivoting door.
It is not applicable to:
1) windows or doors in which any frame member is longer than 3 m;
2) patent glazing or curtain walls that span across structural floor elements;
3) kits despatched in bar form for assembly into frames on site.
BS 6510:2005 history
2010BS 6510:2010 Steel-framed windows and glazed doors. Specification
2005BS 6510:2005 Steel-framed windows and glazed doors